I really appreciate you taking the time to come back and make sure I wasn’t discouraged by the feedback that I received. I’m not discouraged in the slightest, if anything I agree with most of what has been said. I didn’t intend to go into the design choices behind this board at all but originally it was just going to be the groovy walnut and oak board with Padauk separating them. However this piece was meant to speak to one person, as you say, and the Osage Orange became the crux of the design, despite being my most limited material on hand.
The clients dad passed away a few months ago and he apparently made knives while he was alive and had some short logs of Osage Orange he intended to use for that purpose. Well time comes for us all and since I didn’t have a good relationship with my bio dad I made an extra effort to make this board special for the client who was close to his dad. The longest straight piece I could get was about 12 inches which isn’t long enough for a cutting board, hence the stopped cuts terminating in a Padauk plug. When viewed horizontally the Osage accents look like a timeline with overlap, hopefully conveying a sense of “carry on” to the client. If I had my druthers I’d have had longer pieces of Osage and use those instead of the Padauk to separate the main boards.
Thanks again for the feedback! I will post more soon, I really appreciate the feedback. And it’s the critical feedback that helps the most.
I read this then looked at it again. Now I kinda like it. The choices make much more sense. I’ve never experienced such a rapid shift in aesthetic preferences before. I don’t know what else to say except, Thank You.
I really appreciate you taking the time to come back and make sure I wasn’t discouraged by the feedback that I received. I’m not discouraged in the slightest, if anything I agree with most of what has been said. I didn’t intend to go into the design choices behind this board at all but originally it was just going to be the groovy walnut and oak board with Padauk separating them. However this piece was meant to speak to one person, as you say, and the Osage Orange became the crux of the design, despite being my most limited material on hand.
The clients dad passed away a few months ago and he apparently made knives while he was alive and had some short logs of Osage Orange he intended to use for that purpose. Well time comes for us all and since I didn’t have a good relationship with my bio dad I made an extra effort to make this board special for the client who was close to his dad. The longest straight piece I could get was about 12 inches which isn’t long enough for a cutting board, hence the stopped cuts terminating in a Padauk plug. When viewed horizontally the Osage accents look like a timeline with overlap, hopefully conveying a sense of “carry on” to the client. If I had my druthers I’d have had longer pieces of Osage and use those instead of the Padauk to separate the main boards.
Thanks again for the feedback! I will post more soon, I really appreciate the feedback. And it’s the critical feedback that helps the most.
I read this then looked at it again. Now I kinda like it. The choices make much more sense. I’ve never experienced such a rapid shift in aesthetic preferences before. I don’t know what else to say except, Thank You.
Life is all about perspective, friend. Thanks for sharing yours.